 Text search
 Related images
 HistoryWorld
 Link
 Map
Click the icons to visit linked content. Hover to see the search terms. |
|  |
| | | | | | | |
|
| 1977 |
| | | The French Territory of Afars and Issas becomes independent as Djibouti, with Hassan Gouled Aptidon as president | |
| |
|
| 1977 |
| | | German author Botho Strauss's play Three Acts of Recognition wins him an international audience | |
| |
|
| 1977 |
| | | Zia ul-Haq, the Chief of Army Staff, takes power in a bloodless coup against the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto | |
| |
|
| 1977 |
| | | Estonian composer Arvo Pärt completes his choral work Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten | |
| |
|
| 1977 |
| | | Elvis Presley dies, aged 42, at his home in Memphis, Tennessee | |
| |
|
| 1977 |
| | | After making several films together, Woody Allen and his partner Diane Keaton have an Oscar-winning success with Annie Hall | |
| |
|
| 1977 |
| | | The Pompidou Centre, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, opens in Paris | |
| |
|
| 1977 |
| | | Steve Biko, founder of Black Consciousness, dies of head wounds received in police custody in Pretoria | |
| |
|
| 1977 |
| | | Anwar el-Sadat, the Egyptian president, travels to Jerusalem to propose a peace plan to the Israelis | |
| |
|
| 1977 |
| | | In a multi-million dollar ceremony, Jean-Bédel Bokassa proclaims himself emperor of the Central African Republic | |
| |
|
| | | | | |
| |